hoserとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• 韻: -əʊzə(r)

名詞

hoser (複数形 hosers)

1. One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose.
   • 2010, Rosalind Noonan, In a Heartbeat, →ISBN, page 34:

     […] they found one of the neighbors hosing down the area. He was pretty resistant when the cops told him to turn off the hose. The hoser gave the cops a statement, […]

   • 2011, Nigel Raab, Democracy Burning?: Urban Fire Departments and the Limits of Civil Society, →ISBN:

     Membership [in early Russian fire departments] included the mayor, a retired general, a teacher at a school for artists, a merchant, at least sixteen duma members, and teams of hosers, climbers, and security guards.

2. (slang) One that hoses, i.e. hurts (someone) badly.
   • 1997, Beth Moursund, The Official Magic: The Gathering : Strategies & Secrets, →ISBN, page 179:

     All three of these are blue-hosers. Every color in Magic has cards specifically designed to hurt it. Against many of the hosers, you can't really do much; the best strategy is simply not to rely too much on a single color.